Skylark wrote:I was around 17 and still living at home, around 1991, watching telly one night, when I came across a tight, tense little BBC drama called "A Man You Don't Meet Every Day" starring Harriet Walters. The plot seemed quite conventional at first, but had a surprising IRA twist at the end, as far as I can remember - and the whole atmosphere just had that special something you cannot put your finger on, but which leaves a great impression. During a scene in a bar, a band was playing in the background, and I sat glued to the telly afterwards to catch the band's name. Unfortunately, as it was before the Internet and I was living in a Danish suburb, merely knowing the name didn't help me much ... but thanks to Google and YouTube and Amazon, I have since been able to catch up. I remembered one specific line from the song and was able to track it down from there. Still have the image in my head of Shane McGowan lifting his sunglasses a little and singing "and I ruined my good looks down by the main drag" ...
just8 wrote: driving after a Pogues gig? maybe not an ideal situation... ).
darrencp22 wrote:I was a teenager in New York City and heard The Pogues were going to be on Saturday Night Live. I had heard of them before mostly because my last name is Pogue and from Shane's love of booze, but had never heard any Pogues music before. I watched SNL and The Pogues performed White City. Fan ever since.
Speaking of which, does anyone know where I can find clips of their performance? I can't find anything on youTube. I also can't remember the other song they played.
kmurray105 wrote:darrencp22 wrote:I was a teenager in New York City and heard The Pogues were going to be on Saturday Night Live. I had heard of them before mostly because my last name is Pogue and from Shane's love of booze, but had never heard any Pogues music before. I watched SNL and The Pogues performed White City. Fan ever since.
Speaking of which, does anyone know where I can find clips of their performance? I can't find anything on youTube. I also can't remember the other song they played.
They played Body of an American. They did not play Battle of Brisbane. There was a discussion on this some years back on the fora so you might be able to search around and see if a video was linked somewhere.
IrishTexan wrote:1984... Dave Fanning on RTE Radio 2 when I should have been doing my homework. That drum roll at the beginning of Sally MacLennane caught my attention, got Rum.. that same Christmas and have been hooked ever since. It's travelled across the world with me and I'm listening to it now on the other side of the world 26 years later and it still gives me goosebumps.
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